Description
Daikon usually simmered for hours, cell-destroyed via microwave, dyed amber instantly in quick soup. The absolute oden ace.
Restaurants serving Daikon Radish Luwei (Quick & Budget)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Daikon radish
- Quick Lu Zhi (soy
- cola
- Mentsuyu
- five-spice etc.)
Instructions
- [Authentic & Quick Recipe]
- [Daikon Beveling & Microwave Magic] Peel daikon thickly leaving no fibers, cut ~2cm thick half-moons. Score crosses on both sides for flavor absorption. The biggest time-saving trick: arrange daikon in heatproof container, add water covering half, and a little 'rice (or a pinch of potato starch)' (*To remove daikon odor/acridity). Wrap fluffily, microwave (600W) ~
- mins until completely skewer-tender.
- [Quick Lu Zhi Supplementing Umami] Daikon lacks own umami, so boil cola, soy, and 'Mentsuyu (Japanese dashi fakes pork umami)', five-spice in a pot.
- [Instant Flavor Injection] Drain the piping hot, gooey microwaved daikon, toss into boiling Quick Lu Zhi. Boil on medium
- mins, turn off heat, plunge pot into ice water (or as is) to remove heat. Daikon, turned spongy via microwave, absorbs five-spice soup to the limit at astounding speed while cooling, completing 'amber daikon seemingly simmered overnight' in just
- mins.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Sweet five-spice aroma and dashi smell
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Winter melon (cooks faster than daikon, becomes even gooier)
Pairing
White Rice、Mustard(putting a little makes it Japanese-style)
Trivia
[For Everyone] #10 'Weight-loss ingredient'. Daikon is low-cal/filling, but 'takes time to simmer' was the biggest bottleneck for DIY dieters. Microwaving drastically saves gas/time; Mentsuyu/five-spice combo replicates supreme 'Taiwan oden' even without meat.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Dump special Taiwan chili sauce 'Tianla Jiang', mixing hot daikon dashi and sweet/spicy sauce in the mouth!
Allergen
Soy, Wheat (from soy/Mentsuyu)